The last day at the beach house.

On the last day at the beach house Brookers and I went on an awesome 4 mile walk to explore the beach and area.

It is a very good thing that my friends like delicious food too so that when we do things together I know the food is always going to be the best.

I figured out a way for Brooke to enjoy the beach. She just has to be in a tent, on a chair and not be touching any sand while playing with sand toys. It worked.

I have had a lot of really big goals in my life but I think this one is my favorite: my goal is to go to Marianne’s for ice cream every single time I am in Santa Cruz. One step closer to my goal.

I had the strawberries n creme (my new favorite from here) and coconut fudge.

The rest of Friday’s food was boring and I ate things like pb & j and a turkey sandwich. I think I want to go back to the beach house. Time to start finding someone that will loan me a few million to go buy my own.

My coach sent me this video and I wanted to share it with you….Tips- GOING FAST THROUGH GOING SLOW. 15-20% of runs are hard…the rest EASY and slow. Enjoy and have fun for the majority of your training!

Love this:

Rest days= I get bugged by things. Running days= I am the most easy going person in the world and nothing bothers me:)

I am so hangry on rest days it isn’t even funny. I don’t get it! Except that I don’t get the endorphin rush so I guess I kind of do get it. Living by the beach (or on it) is seriously my favorite part about summer. Except I live on a boat so I guess it’s slightly different. Leaving is always hard though! I need to go get ice cream. It’s going to happen. Tonight.

It is so true – when I run my mood is 100 times better. no matter how much I may not feel like running I know that once it is over I always feel SO much better. On the days when I don’t run I find that I can be much more moody and frustrated by things – even the smallest run can change around my mood!

I want to go to your beach house :) I’m the same way! Plus I’m more awake too when I run lol. Um, Coconut Fudge ice cream?? I might have to eat some even though I’m Lactose Intolerant, it sounds way to good. Hopefully today I’ll get a nice run in, do some cleaning, and then do some practicing for my Speech final. Have a good Saturday :)

I am trying to embrace rest days. I am determined to run a 1/2 marathon in a year and my knee has been what has been holding me back. I have done many marathons and 1/2s racewalking but this is just a goal I now have. So I am trying to run and walk every other day and that seems to be helping. I was trying to do run/walk one day and then racewalk the next but that still made my knee hurt. I need to find a nonimpact sport that I love on the rest days as those days just feel odd.

Abby

Erica

I use my rest days as my exciting eating days…….try a new recipe, restaurant, go out for ice cream, have friends over etc.
I find if I can’t run planning out of the norm dining experiences helps me not be so bugged.

Rosie

I know rest days are good days and help the body to recover but I always feel sluggish and then I get scared. My mind starts to think since I took one rest day that the next day I won’t want to get up and run!!! Weird, right?
#runnerproblems :)

I have GOT to remember that rest day and easy days are super important in getting faster!! I def push it too often! I think i need a coach who MAKES me take it easy… hm… that breakfast looks delicious!

I don’t blame Brooke for being grumpy about sand. I don’t like when I sit on the beach and it gets in uncomfortable places, either! I’m definitely grumpy the days I don’t get up and go SOMEWHERE. The more inactive I get = the more grumpy I get as the day ends.

Oh how I love the beach, summer, ice cream and running! I would love to live on the beach…I would love to live even BY a beach! I have no idea why I have never lived someplace warm!!!
Today is a slow run for me and tomorrow is a day off. I get a bit antsy on days off too and I eat more on days off :). I do take one day off a week though because I am pretty sure injury will happen if I don’t.
Have a great day!

Leaving the beach house and vacation is always tough, but if I had a little girl like Brooke, that would make it a little bit better. She is gorgeous! I love that running quote. I wasn’t going to run today, but I got up and forced myself to go and now I feel great. It really is all fine if you ran today. Have a great weekend!

Sara

Hey HRG! I love your blog & the other day my mom (who is a pediatric occupational therapist) was talking to me about how many young kids will have (very minor) sensory stimuli that are very aversive to them and a big one for a lot of kids is sand! She said an easy solution is to apply a deep (but gentle) pressure massage to the bottom of a baby’s feet then slowly place them on the sand as that helps them from getting overwhelmed from the texture of the sand! I don’t know as much about it as her but if you check out “reflexology for children” it might help sand be less off-putting for Brooke :) Hope that helps & have a great day!

Brooke looks very comfy in her beach throne & castle! It’s been a very soggy weekend for us, but we still managed to enjoy some pool time this morning. Rain didn’t bother the girls one bit…they were already wet anyway!

Thanks for the video. I have such a hard time backing off and remembering that sometimes taking it easy, truly easy, in training will actually make me faster. I always want to push and I know I burn out because of it.

We’re having a belated 4th of July cookout tonight since we finally have everybody home today :) But, if I don’t get a run in soon, I’ll have to scrub the tile off the bathtub…:p Trying to keep busy is driving me crazy!!

Looks like so much fun! It never fails, I’m such an easygoing person when I’ve run that day. I try not to be too much of a grump on rest days, but I don’t know what else to do with all that pent-up energy! It’s bound to unleash itself on unsuspecting boyfriends :(

I totally agree. I’m so crabby on rest days! Right after a run I am the happiest person on earth. I ran a my second half marathon earlier today… NEW PR!! 1:45:51! And I used your tip of starting slow and working faster. Holy cow, it made SUCH a difference! Hope you’re having a super Saturday! :)

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Runningwithscissors

It’s fine,I ran today has been my screensaver for a few months now. Love it!
Long day doing wedding up-do’s beginning at 4:00 am. Yikes! Needless to say…….we didn’t make it to the wedding.
No run today. :(

I love the Brooke-at-the-beach solution! I can totally relate. When my oldest son was about a year old and intensely disliked the sand, we went to the beach for an all day party and constructed an “anti-sandbox”. This was only practical because my husband had the appropriate lumber and tools hanging around the house and a really big truck to bring it all…and the know-how to make it all in literally 10 minutes.

alexis

I understand Brooke. I love the beach but hate sand on my feet and between my toes. My mom laughed at me the last vacation we took because I wear swim shoes and try to avoid getting sand in my shoes. She says I was like that as a kid too. Go figure. Love the pics though, Brooke has gotten even cuter and your food definitely made me hungry!

katie

I love you blog! I started following it before you had Brooke. You are such a happy writer. It is the first thing I do when I get to work and always starts my day of great. Not to mention a great inspiration to keep running.
In Santa Cruz you should also try Mission Hill Creamery (https://www.facebook.com/missionhillcreamery?fref=ts). Mint Chocolate confetti is so far my favorite, but I still want to try a lot of the flavors, sadly recently moved across the country so not an easy task.
Looking forward to you next post!